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02-09-2018 , 02:06 AM
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The winter Olympics are gaining some traction, or that they have started is another way of putting it. Curling I think has already started. A sport so astonishing and exciting that even the Irish play it. So let's use the Olympics to learn about physics. See link below:

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See, now that was very informative and useful.



P.S. The Olympics are just starting and already the Russians are getting Raped.
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02-11-2018 , 04:16 PM
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02-13-2018 , 12:24 AM
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Ever since I was a small lad, I've loved the Luge event in the Olympics. Bobsledding is cool but the Luge is balls to wall manly and takes the cake, IMO. It is also interesting to see the development of the sled and sledders gear from the late 1960's to the present day - about the timeframe I have been watching this daredevils slide down that Icy track.

physics-of-luge
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02-13-2018 , 04:27 AM
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Hey protons do that at CERN 11000 times per second (27 km at a time)

Then again they move at 0.99999999c (8 9s yes, literally gamma ~6900) so they only feel it's 0.000145 sec.

Of course electrons did that 11000 times per sec at 0.99999999999c (11 9s lol, gamma 200000) 2 decades ago and they only felt it was 0.000005sec.

They would travel to the center of the galaxy in only 55 days in their frame. One day...
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02-14-2018 , 01:35 AM
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Long way to go and a short time to get there.
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Originally Posted by Zeno
Ever since I was a small lad, I've loved the Luge event in the Olympics. Bobsledding is cool but the Luge is balls to wall manly and takes the cake, IMO. It is also interesting to see the development of the sled and sledders gear from the late 1960's to the present day - about the timeframe I have been watching this daredevils slide down that Icy track.

physics-of-luge
My old employer used to sponsor luge competitions. The invited me to watch a competition at Whistler Mountain, but I declined because luge is definitely a sport better to watch on TV than in real life.*

Skeleton is better, imo.

*also, because I've already experienced the main attraction of a luge event: "being really cold"
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